…as President Museveni highlights role of trade The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has concluded the formalities for the take-off of its East Africa Branch Office in Kampala as it signed the two principal documents with the Government of Uganda at a ceremony witnessed by President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. […]
Patrick Okohue A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Muhammad Bello Mustapha, has urged the leadership of the party to act fast in appointing a National Secretary for the party. Particularly, he called on the Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee to ensure fairness and follow due process in appointing a national scribe to […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that although no human being is perfect, the PDP presidential candidate in the just concluded presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, was by far better that President Buhari. According to the former president. Atiku who was his Vice President when he was in office, is politically, economical and socially more sound […]
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to remember the oat he swore not to support his former vice in office, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, that God should punish him if he ever supports him to become president of the Federal Republic. The former Edo State […]
Former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan as well as Senate President, Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives speaker, Yakubu Dogara, were some of the dignitaries who stormed Yola on Sunday for the coronation of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as the Waziri Adamawa. Obasanjo was the chairman of the coronation ceremony which took […]
The struggle of Nigeria’s former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to mount the horse as the country’s President has been legendary and sustained. Since 2003, when he deputized former President Olusegun Obasanjo (OBJ), the ambition to lead Nigeria has refused to quench like a candle in the wind. When the main opposition PDP conceded its […]
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his men of plotting to hijack the party in Lagos State in what it described as ‘abuse of trust, integrity and ant party activities. A press statement signed by the party’s caretaker committee Chairman, Kayode Jacobs, said: “In a swift move to reposition […]
The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekini Nabena, has said that on integrity contest, not former President Olusegun Obasanjo or his deputy, Atiku Abubakar, can beat President Muhammadu Buhari any day. He noted that the though Obasanjo had once described Atiku Abubakar as a corrupt, disloyal and unpatriotic leader who […]
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday worshipped with Gov Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom at Qua Iboe Church, Uyo, and urged the people to support the governor’s second term ambition. Obasanjo said the governor was a good product that could take the state to the Promised Land. He said that of the attributes of […]
A pro-Buhari group, Re-elect Buhari Movement (RBM), has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for President in 2019 as meaningless and of no effect. This is even as the group frowned at the presence of top clergy men, including Bishop David Oyedepo, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Sheik Ahmed Gumi […]
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State, Comrade Daniel Onjeh, has said that both Atiku and the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement is not a threat to both President Muhammadu Buhari and the party. Onje described the recent political wrangling surrounding the emergence of former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, as […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of lobbying the United States government to withdraw the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s entry ban to the country. The APC in a statement released by its spokesman, Yekini Nabena, on Friday, said that the […]
…Insists Atiku‘ll be next president, better than Buhari …Obasanjo’s endorsement of ex VP will not distract Buhari – Presidency In a move that left many Nigerians surprised, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, backtracked from his former stand and threw his weight behind the presidential ambition of his former vice president and presidential candidate of […]
Mr. Abraham Olujonwo Obasanjo, son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has pledged his support for the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari. In a letter titled, “a clarion call to all Nigerians Youth to support the second term bid of President Buhari in 2019” and addressed to the Buhari Campaign Organisation on Wednesday, Olujonwo called […]
The Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo on Tuesday paid a visit to the former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in Ogun state. Dankwanbo who visited Obasanjo barely 24 hours, after the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki visited same Obasanjo did not speak with the Newsmen after the meeting. Dankwambo, Governor of Gombe State, arrived the Olusegun […]
Africa Women Arise For Change Network, on Wednesday took a swipe at the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, for his recent verbal attacks on the person and office of President Muhammadu Buhari. The women group wondered why Obasanjo is attacking on a government that has succeeded in delivering to Nigerians what he failed to deliver in […]
A Yoruba group, the Yoruba Consultative Forum (YCF) has condemned what it called campaign of undisguised calumny by the Nobel Laurette, Professor Wole Soyinka against former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. In a release issued in Lagos yesterday and signed by its President, Professor Tejumade Akintoye Rhodes, the YCF accused Professor Soyinka of crossing the […]
The Coalition for Change in Nigeria has carpeted former President, Olusegun Obasanjo over his recent outbursts on the state of the nation. The group said it is so sad that Obasanjo, who is supposed to act as elder statesman has turned himself to the number one enemy of this entity called Nigeria. Comrade Jonathan Ogwuche, […]
Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo will be among other notable personalities expected in Bayelsa State today, the 30th of July to join in prayers for the peace and stability of the country. Governor Seriake Dickson disclosed this during the June edition of the state’s Monthly Praise Night at the King of Glory Chapel in […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo caused a stir at the on-going African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) Annual Meeting in Abuja. He chose to sit among the participants instead of a front row seat reserved for him among the dignitaries, at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton. No one knew the reason for Obasanjo’s action and […]